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The Beauty in Community

I wanted to share some uplifting storied from YOU: Our Mend community! Nobody Wants Free Lip Balm? One of our TikTok followers won a giveaway for some free lip balms. I emailed her saying she...

Why I Make Every Lip Balm By Hand

Here’s the scoop –    It would be waaaay easier to have a manufacturer make my lip balm. Time wise, money wise, energy wise… it’s the reasonable answer. So, why do I make the lip...

Feelings of Inadequacy

Let’s get personal — Lately, my work in therapy has been centered on the subject of failure. Oof, this is tough to write about. As a creative and a business owner, it is easy to put a...

Confessions of a Lip Balm CEO

My previous goal for Mend was “How do I seem more professional/legitimate”, when, at the time, I was making lip balm in my apartment kitchen. I remember having a zoom meeting (on the floor, because I'd...

Receiving a Mental Health Diagnosis

  Having your life — how you act, live, think — “defined” by a few spoken words, can be daunting to say the least. Let’s talk about the impact of a mental health diagnosis…and also...

Starting Therapy for the First Time? Here's What You Need to Know

  Look at you! You made the leap, made the appointment, reached out for help…but now what? You have your appointment scheduled, but when you walk through the doors of your therapist’s office…what will happen?...

Stages of Grief

I was always taught about the 5 stages of grief as if they were finite. As if you would move in a linear plane from denial to anger to bargaining to depression to acceptance and...

How to Support Someone Who is Struggling with their Mental Health

  If you found your way to this blog post…I just want to say thank you. Thank you for wanting to help those in your life that are struggling. It can feel like a helpless...

Mending In The Midst Of Your Mental Health Journey

  As someone who has struggled with their mental health their whole life, I’ve always been in the process of healing. Reshaping my thought patterns, speaking kind words over myself, learning coping mechanisms, etc. etc....

Mending Lips, Mending Minds

Mend wants to be your partner on your mental health journey. We provide mental health resources you can keep in your pocket by labeling each of our eight all-natural lip balm flavors with a different resource to help during tough moments.

To further our mission, we also donate 10% of our profits to improving access to mental health care around the world. We hope you use our lip balm to take a moment for yourself; you’re worth it!

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We're Here to Help

Whether you are interested in starting therapy, looking for ways to encourage a loved one, or needing extra tools, we’ve compiled a page of resources and information to aid you on your mental health journey. Remember, asking for help is a sign of strength.
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